Yesterday was Earth Day. When I was young, it was a day to clean up your neighborhood, and the emphasis was on not littering and polluting. Under China Joe, the emphasis was on how to give government more control over our lives by restricting our energy sources and choices. Oh, boy!
China Joe insisted that the American people cut carbon emissions 50% by 2050. What was his plan, chop down all the trees? Or convince Americans to quit breathing?
China Joe’s climate czar John Kerry pressured banks to stop lending to energy companies, other than solar and wind firms. Twelve (12) States asked China Joe to ban the U.S. production of gas and diesel automobiles by 2035. Terrible idea. Unconstitutional. China Joe loved it.
But yesterday? It was a beautiful day. I drove my diesel sedan without guilt. No one harangued me about saving the planet. There were no marches or demonstrations, or cries of “the sky is falling”. It was actually a lovely and normal Spring Day. What a difference it makes when the Left is not in power.
Sadly, after the lovely Spring day faded into night, the Virginia election returns came in. By a narrow margin, the referendum disenfranchising 1/2 of the Commonwealth’s voters passed. Voters in Fairfax County provided the difference in the margin.
So now the battle moves to the Supreme Court of Virginia. The entire referendum process was illegal and unconstitutional, as we have outlined before. Let us hope and pray that the justices have the courage to do the right thing, and apply the law. If so, yesterday will have just been a huge waste of time and money. If not, Virginia will be under the thumb of the authoritarians. Yep, authoritarians. Because it is the Left, not the Right, that imposes tyranny in the United States of America.
A dear reader inquired as to whether I subscribed to the view that Virginia was okay to trash its Constitution, and oppress its citizens, because “Texas started it”. I do not.
Texas did not start extreme partisan gerrymandering. Indeed, Texas did not engage in extreme partisan gerrymandering. What Texas did was to respond to a court decision and a directive from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights division.
Furthermore, States that have engaged in extreme partisan gerrymandering are Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, California, Oregon, Minnesota, New York, and New Jersey. And those States all did this well before Texas did anything.
Finally, it does not matter what other States do when it comes to the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth of Virginia is for the protection of Virginians, not to even the perceived score with other States. How does it promote “democracy” when you disenfranchise your own citizens? How does it promote “democracy” when you violate the laws and the Constitution to pass your power grab scheme?
And this is not a one off. General Assembly Democrats passed legislation for Virginia to award its electoral votes to the winner of the “national popular vote” in presidential elections. Virginia voters do not matter, only voters in other States matter. If Democrats run up big margins in California, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, it matters not what Virginia voters want. It will only matter what voters in those other States want.
Virginia Democrats are not for “fairness”. Virginia Democrats are not in favor of “democracy”. Virginia Democrats are only for Democrats. They are the true authoritarians, in the Commonwealth, and nationally. Tyranny is being imposed. What are we going to do about it?
“Through sly structural changes, Democrats are effectively erasing the American Revolution and replacing it with the French Revolution.
The Founders believed in individual liberty against the might of the state. They were terrified of unconstrained democracy, for they understood that mobs are easily swayed and manipulated. Therefore, they created filters on the way to the federal government.
The House of Representatives has a direct vote (and that vote was expected to represent coherent local communities, not gerrymandered monstrosities). Until the 17th Amendment, state governments, which again represented the filtered will of the local people, selected Senators. And the president was selected by the EC, which ensured that each state had its say and that each region of America had a representative voice.
Morality, too, was important: As John Adams famously wrote, ‘Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.’
The French Revolution, by contrast, was purely statist, with the state supported by a mindless mob. It was virulently hostile to the Bible and willing to use the utmost violence to maintain its goals.
If you think there’s any difference between the leftist street protests with people screaming to geld little boys, cheering on the annihilation of the Jewish state, or celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination and demanding the same for Trump, on the one hand, and the French mobs cheering on Louis XVI’s beheading, on the other hand, you are lying to yourself.
Choose your analogy: The leftists are storming the Bastille or firing on Fort Sumter. Either way, you’ll be correct. They’re out for blood, and we’re still sitting there sucking our thumbs and promising ourselves everything will be fine. With these changes to our elections, every Republican who stays home in November, whether from laziness or pique, is effectively voting for the new revolution.”
–Andrea Widburg, excerpted from her April 22, 2026 article in The American Thinker, entitled “Democrats are transforming the American Revolution into the French Revolution, Whether it’s Virginia’s redistricting, James Carville’s plans, endless impeachments, or the Popular Vote Compact, leftist revolution is on the menu.”
The United States Secretary of Labor has resigned amidst allegations of untoward behavior. She is a Democrat, from Oregon. I cannot remember her name. And under the circumstances, it does not matter. No one cares.
“Awesome!”
–Senator Christopher Murphy (D. Ct.), reacting to the news that Iranian ships had evaded the United States Navy’s blockade. Sigh. A United States Senator unapologetically cheering our enemies.
Senator Murphy cheers for those who chant “Death to America!” and supports open borders and illegal aliens. He may be a United States Senator, but he is not on Americans’ side.
As an aside, Senator Murphy reacted gleefully to news that turned out to be fake. What a bozo.
Senator Thom Tillis (R. N.C.) supports the nomination of Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve Bank Chairman. Yet, Senator Tillis plans to block Mr. Warsh’s nomination. Because . . . Orange Man Bad.
“Why do we continue to import people who hate us?”
–Representative Chip Roy (R. Tx.).
Representative Chip Roy introduced legislation that would amend existing immigration law to prohibit the admission and naturalization of any alien who is or was a member of, affiliated with, or advocates or advocated for a Chinese communist party, communist party, socialist party, Islamic fundamentalist party, or any other totalitarian party (or subdivision or affiliate thereof), domestic or foreign. The legislation would also apply to any alien who is or was affiliated with, or who advocates or advocated for, any organization that advocates socialism, communism, Chinese communism, Marxism, or Islamic fundamentalism. The bill would also create new grounds for deportation. Under the legislation, an alien could be removed from the United States if he has engaged, is engaged, or at any time after admission engages in advocacy for communism, Chinese communism, socialism, Marxism, or Islamic fundamentalism; writes, distributes, circulates, prints, displays, possesses, or publishes any written, electronic, or printed matter that advocates those ideologies or that is on behalf of or advocates for such parties; or is, has been, or becomes a member of or affiliated with such parties or organizations.
This legislation is pure common sense. And even better, Representative Roy picked the perfect name—“The Mamdani Act”—named New York City Comrade Mayor Zohran Mamdani. I LOVE IT!
Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D. Fl.) resigned from Congress. Because she is a liar and a thief. Next stop, prison.
How far Left, how unserious, how radical has the Democrat Party become? Former Harvard Law Professor, and lifetime Democrat, Alan Dershowitz has become a Republican.
New York State passed a law mandating that long term care facilities for the elderly and the terminally ill make all decisions based upon a patient’s “gender preference”, as opposed to biological sex. This includes everything from room assignments to bathroom access to use of pronouns and names. Penalties include loss of operating license, fines, and jail. It is a stupid law. It is also aimed squarely at the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, a Catholic Order, who operate a hospice. For more than 100 years, the Sisters have cared for the terminally ill with care and compassion, never charging any patient a dime, and accepting no public funding. Nonetheless, the State of New York demands the Sisters’ surrender to the radical “trans” agenda, their religious beliefs be damned. This legislation is truly evil.
The Albany Unified School District [California] sent a group of students of color (“colored students?) on a trip to Virginia to study topics of “social justice” at several historically black colleges. No Saltine Americans needed to apply, as they were not permitted to make the trip.
Is racism a part of the “social justice” learning experience? Apparently so!
In Wisconsin, a mob of radical animal rights activists tried to storm a Beagle breeding facility, and riot police squads were necessary to disperse the crowd. Now that same mob has stormed the Wisconsin State Capitol Building, and are demanding that the Governor close down the breeding facility. Sigh.
The illegal alien tried for sexually assaulting and groping high school girls in his Fairfax County, Virginia high school? He was sentenced to a mere 180 days in jail. Basically, he will serve 20 days in jail, per victim. Justice demands a lengthy prison sentence, mandatory registration as a sex offender, and then deportation. But this occurred in Fairfax County, where a criminal illegal alien is more important than parents’ daughters.
In DeKalb County, Georgia, a British national—Olaolukitan Adon Abel—was arrested for the death of Lauren Bullis, a Department of Homeland Security employee, and another woman. Abel stabbed Bullis multiple times and shot her while she was walking her dog. Abel is facing two counts of murder, aggravated assault, and weapons charges. Mr. Abel’s attorney has asked for bond, assuring the Court that her client—an alien—is not a flight risk. Moreover, his attorney further assured the Court that Mr. Abel was not a “danger to the community”. He shot Lauren Bullis 6 times in the face! Sigh. I am so embarrassed by my colleagues at times.
In Indiana, a radical Leftist United States District Court judge struck down Indiana’s voter ID law as unconstitutional, because the law did not permit the use of IDs issued by colleges and universities. It was a baseless decision. Thankfully, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit stayed the lower court’s decision. The Indiana law remains in effect.
APPLE CEO Tim Cook is stepping down. Where will the company go now?
American Airlines and United Airlines are exploring a possible merger. What a bad idea! Why not just bring back New Coke, while we are at it?
I highly recommend Chick-Fil-A’s new and seasonal strawberry/hibiscus drinks. I have tried both the Sprite and the lemonade. Both were refreshing, and delicious!
For the last 10 months, Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C. has been closed. The restaurant, located at 14th and U Streets, NW, survived the riots following the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as the George Floyd riots, remaining open throughout. But Ben’s Chili Bowl finally succumbed to construction contractors. The aging restaurant needed structural repair, and was expected to be closed only for a short while. It has been nearly a year. But come May 1, Washingtonians can once again return for a good half-smoke with chili, fries with chili, cheeseburgers and hot dogs with chili, or just a bowl of chili. WOO HOO!
The European Court of Justice ruled that Hungary cannot ban the promotion of homosexuality to minors. You must be joking!
The United States Navy seized an Indian oil tanker carrying Iranian oil, in the Bay of Bengal. WINNING!
The Indian cargo vessel that the Navy fired on as it tried to run the blockade? It was transporting materials to Iran from China. The materials were key components used in the manufacture of ballistic missiles.
The PGA Tour is dropping Hawaii. The Tour will no longer have stops in Maui (Tournament of Champions) and Oahu (Hawaiian Open). Which is a real shame. There is nothing better in the dead of Winter than turning on the television and watching golf being played in a warm climate. It is dark and cold outside, but on your screen, golf pros are dressed in short shirt sleeves, and hitting golf balls over manicured green grass, as the Sun shines in the background. I am going to miss that.
Singer and songwriter Alan Osmond has died at age 76. R. I. P.
Former Oakland Raiders linebacker Rod Martin has died at age 72. R. I. P.
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